Bread and Tea (2016)

*Official Selection: 8th Karama Human Rights Film Festival, 2017
*Official Selection: 14th Human Rights Film Festival Barcelona, Paris, NYC, 2017
*Official Selection: 8th China International New Media Short Film Festival, 2017
*Official Selection: 16th Reggio Film Festival, 2017
*Official Selection: 14th SediciCorto International Film Festival, 2017
*Official Selection: Baalbeck International Short Film Festival, 2017
*Official Selection: Timişoara Refugee Art Film Festival, 2017
*Official Selection: 9th Beirut Cinema Days, 2017
*Official Selection: 8th Arab Film Festival Berlin, 2017
*Official Selection: 18th edition of the Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, 2017
*Winner: Best Short Documentary, International Competition, “Cinema Verite: The Iran International Documentary Film Festival, 2016”
*Premiere: Opening Film at “Cinema Verite: The Iran International Documentary Film Festival, 2016”
*Jury Statement: “Children living in mud and snow, in the desperate conditions of a refugee
camp, don’t loose their joy of life. Avoiding any sort of artificial
construction, the filmmaker gives the 9 years old protagonist and his
siblings the dignity they deserve.”

Synopsis:

Mohamad, a 9 year old Syrian refugee living in a makeshift camp in the north of Lebanon, is the eldest of his 4 other siblings. With a missing father and an absent mother, Mohamad is torn between being a kid and being a caretaker to his family.